Library news archive

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Three hour-long sessions are scheduled for Thursday 5th
June between 13:00 and 16:00 in Frenchay
Library.

If you are a UWE student and are interested in
taking part, please e-mail john.kostiw@uwe.ac.uk with your
preferred time slot. We will be in touch with more information.

One World Fiesta: news from the globe

As part of UWE’s One World Fiesta (17
- 23 February 2014) the Frenchay Library will have a
display on level 2 (the entrance level) of ‘News from the Globe’
which includes a selection of print newspapers and magazines from
around the world and in different languages, as well as details on
how to access many more
electronically.

Come in and find out about the news beyond the
UK press and material in languages other than English.

Events in Bristol

All 28 Bristol public libraries will be celebrating
National Libraries Day on Saturday 9 February with a simultaneous
children's storytelling session.

Local writers Tania Hirschmann and Joff Winterheart will also be
taking part in a unique one-off collaboration to bring fiction to
life through words and pictures in an event at the Central Library.
Tania and Joff will also be discussing their work and offering
writing tips to aspiring authors from 11:00 at the library.

Events in South Gloucestershire

Public libraries across South
Gloucestershire will be hosting children's storytimes, rhymetimes,
and lots of other activities for 4-10 year olds.

For adults, there will be quizzes, music, food, and a talk from
bestselling author Lesley Pearse.

Frenchay Library temporary closure

Frenchay Library will be closed from 16:00 to
18:00 (approximately) on the 12 February due to a power outage. IT
systems at other campus libraries may also be affected.

From 18:00 we anticipate re-opening
Frenchay Library . There may be some on-going issues with IT access
once the Library at Frenchay has re-opened. ITS will work on this
as a priority.

PsycTHERAPY database now available

PsycTHERAPY is a database
of therapy demonstration videos that will be of interest to anyone
studying psychology, counselling, mental health, nursing,
sociology, criminology, business or education.

Because of the sensitive nature of the videos (they are of real
client/therapist sessions) users have to accept a disclaimer each
time they access the database, confirming that they intend to use
the resource for legitimate educational or research purposes
only.

e-book service disruption

Dawsonera - one of our major suppliers of e-books - will be
performing an essential upgrade of their service on Saturday 8
December 2012 between 10:00 and 18:00.

Affected e-books have the dawsonera logo at the top of the
webpage.

Win a Google Nexus tablet
[SURVEY NOW CLOSED]

How?

Just complete the Library LibQual
survey (SURVEY NOW CLOSED) and let us know how you think
the library is doing.

This is your chance to inform library
developments and influence what the future library looks like at
UWE.

When?

Monday 12 November to Friday 30
November.

Win!

Take part and win a Google Nexus
tablet computer, or one of 5 runner up prizes of £20
Amazon vouchers.

IT shutdown weekend

Scheduled maintenance of UWE IT services will take place between
16:30 on Friday 20 July and 08:30 on Monday 23 July.

Access to all library and UWE IT systems are likely to be
affected during this period.

Library wins student experience award!

The Students' Union annual Student Rep awards
were held on Wednesday 28th March 2012. For the second year running
students nominated the Library for an award… and this year we won
“The Student Experience Impact Award”.

We were nominated for the Christmas opening
initiative. Olly Reid from the Students' Union highlighted that
this was one example of the Library being responsive and working
effectively with students.

Phaz Learning Zone - what do you think?

Answer the survey and you could win a £20 Amazon voucher

The Phaz Learning Zone at Frenchay has now
been open for over 6 months and we’d like to know what you think
about it.

The Zone is located in the Health and Life
Sciences faculty and is designed to meet the need for more
attractive open access study spaces at UWE. Evaluation of how the
space is being used will inform further learning zone development
across the university. If you have used the Zone we’re interested
to know your views.

The following survey will only take a few
minutes of your time and you could also win a £20 Amazon
voucher!

One World Fiesta: news from the globe

As part of UWE’s One World Fiesta (5 - 9 March
2012) the Frenchay Library will have a display on level 2 (the
entrance level) of ‘News from the Globe’ which includes a selection
of print newspapers and magazines from around the world and in
different languages, as well as details on how to access many more electronically.

Come in and find out about the news beyond the
UK press and material in languages other than English.

Peer Assisted Learning (PAL)

Get help from PAL students on referencing sources and finding
relevant material for your assignment.

PAL leaders will be on hand to provide you with help on
referencing sources, finding relevant material for your assignment
and on getting to grips with other library resources. Drop by
OneZone weekdays 13:00 - 14:00 and find out more about using the
library resources.

UWE Harvard Referencing

To help get you started with the new UWE Harvard referencing
style, the Library has produced a quick guide to the most commonly
cited media formats. This is available from all UWE libraries and
also for download from the Printable Library
Guides page.

Weekend problems accessing Library electronic resources

Library Services apologise for the problems
you have had accessing our electronic resources over the last two
weekends. We believe the problems were due to a hardware fault
which caused difficulties authenticating user names and
passwords.

The fault has now been corrected, and
Library services are now working as normal. While we believe we've
found the root cause of the problem, we are not sure why the
problems only appeared at weekends. There is a chance there will be
further disruption to services this weekend. We are continuing to
investigate. Staff from the Library and ITS will be monitoring the
services and should be in a position to mitigate any further
problems quickly.

We appreciate the difficulties this is
causing, particularly at this busy time of year. We note all the
feedback you have given us on the problems this is causing. We will
keep you informed of any further difficulties, please check the
Library news page for details.

In addition, please note Proquest databases
will be unavailable on Sunday 4 December due to the provider
carrying out essential infrastructure maintenance. For further
details of the databases affected and alternative resources see
Library news.

Frenchay Library and Octagon open during the christmas
vacation

Frenchay Library will be open Tuesday 27 December to
Monday 2 January 12:00 - 18:00 inclusive.

The Library will open with a minimum service level as per the
24/7 overnight provision and will be staffed by Security. Student
Ambassadors will also be on hand to assist students with basic
library queries.

The Octagon will be open Tuesday 27 to Friday 30
December and Monday 2 January, 12:00 - 16:00. All students
are invited to the Living Centre at The Octagon for some social
festive fun, films, board games and refreshments. Everyone is
welcome!

Changes to MyPC booking over the vacation

No time restrictions for holiday period

During the rest of the christmas holiday
period (December 20 – January 2) the advance bookable PCs will be
both advance bookable and walk-up bookable. There will be no
restrictions on how long you can use them.

Changes to MyPC booking over the vacation

Some PCs and rooms unavailable Tuesday 20 December

Maintenance work is being carried out on the
MyPC booking system on Tuesday 20 December. Computers, group study
rooms and quick-access PCs normally booked using the MyPC system
may not be available during this time. (Bookable PCs and rooms are
mostly found at Frenchay Library.)

Non-bookable PCs will still be available, or
see a member of the IT Support Centre for advice. We apologise for
any inconvenience this may cause.

ScienceDirect journals unavailable 10-11 December -
POSTPONED

The ScienceDirect Journals platform were to be unavailable for
maintenance from Saturday 10 December at 12:30 till Sunday 11
December 01:30 (ie for 13 hours).

This has now been postponed until 2012.

Proquest databases unavailable - Sunday 4 December

Proquest will be performing infrastructure maintenance on their
databases on Sunday 4 December. A twelve (12) hour window will be
required for this maintenance. The window will take place from
Sunday, December 4, 2011 at 04:00 for twelve (12) hours. Databases
unavailable during this maintenance period are:

Library Service disruption - Wednesday 30 November

Due to planned industrial action on Wednesday 30 November
library services may be disrupted.

UWE libraries will open as normal however services will be
limited. Library staff will be available until 17.00. From 17.00
Frenchay, Glenside and St. Matthias Library will be open with
security staff on a self service basis. For Bower Ashton and
Alexandra Warehouse Libraries please check the campus library opening hours.

News from the Globe

Read the news from around the globe at
UWE!

Visit Frenchay Library, look at our News from
the Globe display on Level 2 and see what titles we have for you.
Check the latest Washington Post’s issue, read the latest film
reviews from French newspaper Liberation, or discover India
Today.

Newspapers and magazines are kept on Level 2
and Level 3.

For online news explore
Nexis, our full-text news database for the printed press. It
includes the following:

International, national, regional and local newspapers

Trade and professional publications

It also covers companies, industries, market surveys, countries
and people

Open Access Week 2011

Mon 24 to Fri 28 October is Open Access Week - a global event,
now in its fifth year. The event aims to promote open access to the
research community, and inspire wider participation, by showing how
free, immediate online access to scholarly research has the power
to transform the way research is conducted.